//
// AbstractPreparation.h
//
// $Id: //poco/1.4/Data/include/Poco/Data/AbstractPreparation.h#1 $
//
// Library: Data
// Package: DataCore
// Module:  AbstractPreparation
//
// Definition of the AbstractPreparation class.
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#ifndef Data_AbstractPreparation_INCLUDED
#define Data_AbstractPreparation_INCLUDED


#include "Poco/Data/Data.h"
#include "Poco/RefCountedObject.h"
#include <cstddef>


namespace Poco {
namespace Data {


class BLOB;


class Data_API AbstractPreparation: public Poco::RefCountedObject
	/// Interface used for database preparation where we first have to register all data types (and memory output locations)
	/// before extracting data, i.e. extract works as two-pase extract: first we call prepare once, then extract n-times.
	/// Only some database connectors will need to implement this interface.
	/// Note that the values in the interface serve only the purpose of type distinction.
{
public:
	AbstractPreparation();
		/// Creates the AbstractPreparation.

	virtual ~AbstractPreparation();
		/// Destroys the AbstractPreparation.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, Poco::Int8) = 0;
		/// Prepares an Int8.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, Poco::UInt8) = 0;
		/// Prepares an UInt8.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, Poco::Int16) = 0;
		/// Prepares an Int16.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, Poco::UInt16) = 0;
		/// Prepares an UInt16.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, Poco::Int32) = 0;
		/// Prepares an Int32.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, Poco::UInt32) = 0;
		/// Prepares an UInt32.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, Poco::Int64) = 0;
		/// Prepares an Int64.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, Poco::UInt64) = 0;
		/// Prepares an UInt64.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, bool) = 0;
		/// Prepares a boolean.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, float) = 0;
		/// Prepares a float.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, double) = 0;
		/// Prepares a double.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, char) = 0;
		/// Prepares a single character.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, const std::string& ) = 0;
		/// Prepares a string.

	virtual void prepare(std::size_t pos, const BLOB&) = 0;
		/// Prepares a BLOB.
};


} } // namespace Poco::Data


#endif // Data_AbstractPreparation_INCLUDED
